regulates (processual) regulates regulates negatively regulates negatively regulates positively regulates positively regulates positively regulates (process to process) Process(P1) postively regulates process(P2) iff: P1 initiates P2, or P1 increases the the frequency of initiation of P2 or the magnitude or rate of output of P2. positively_regulates external p positively regulates q iff p regulates q, and p increases the rate or magnitude of execution of q. Chris Mungall RO:0002213 positively_regulates ends with causally upstream of, positive effect positively regulated by